Tuesday, 20 May 2008
Tuesday, 19 February 2008
Julian! Shaddap your face!
You can download BBC's coverage of the Brecon Jazz Festival with their new iPlayer, but every time the music gets interesting, presenter Julian Joseph starts blabbing. That doesn't happen to rock (nice Alan Price vocal, though no keyboards, and Walk On By is hardly representative of Price's repertoire) or to the Proms. So why do it to jazz? Is it because someone (not you, Julian, surely?) thinks music without chat interruptions is too boring for audiences?
Actually, it's the chat that's boring most times. "She's a dynamic performer." Oh, we wouldn't have noticed that if you hadn't told us!
Actually, it's the chat that's boring most times. "She's a dynamic performer." Oh, we wouldn't have noticed that if you hadn't told us!
Monday, 4 February 2008
The first WorstBlahBlahBlah Award
goes to BBC4's Legends - Ella Fitzgerald which included some brilliant footage, always interrupted by unnecessary BlahBlahBlah.
The talk was actually quite interesting, but could have been saved for the intervals between the excerpts.
To see if you agree, go to
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/b0088zmg.shtml?filter=category%3A100006&start=2&scope=iplayercategories&version_pid=b0088zls
The talk was actually quite interesting, but could have been saved for the intervals between the excerpts.
To see if you agree, go to
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/b0088zmg.shtml?filter=category%3A100006&start=2&scope=iplayercategories&version_pid=b0088zls
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- Karl
- I am posting here chapters from my unpublished 1989 novel about the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, set in modern times. The Roman soldiers carry sub-machine guns, the birth takes place in a car park shed, and Judas is a terrorist. At the moment, chapters are displayed in the order they are posted, but in due course, they will appear in the order they appear in the book.